Love love love list: August 2017

How has your month been? August has been mixed. On the one hand, the weather perked up and we had a mostly wonderful trip up north to see Peter’s family. On the other, we had some health scares and there was an ambulance involved. I don’t really want to go into details here, but let’s just say everyone is doing well now, so the month has definitely ended on a good note!

I read The Underground Railroad, and completely understand why it’s won so many awards. Very upsetting, but gripping too.

Little Black Book was a great little gift from a friend at 4th Estate Books, all about how to kick ass in the workplace. I wish I’d had it when I was starting out in my career!

The Book of Emma Reyes was a wonderful memoir that I really think everyone I know should read. I just thought it was so well written and her life was so incredible – I was desperate to read more by the end..

Can we retire the wine mom phenomenon? I SO agree with this. I LOVE people like Hurrah for Gin and the Unmumsy Mum, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t like the idea that every mum is desperate for a glass of wine at the end of the day and can’t get through without one. My kids are challenging, sure, but they’ve not driven me to drink too often (yet)

I had a weaning party (totally not a thing, just an excuse to have some friends round for a cuppa). I’ll write more about this soon, but just wanted to mention how much fun it was, and if you have a baby that is going to be weaning soon, I highly recommend it! I got some pouches of Babease baby food (my friend works there so I might be biased, but really think their stuff is incredible – the ingredients lists are so wholesome!), baked some muffins, cut up some fruit and veg, and away we went!

That’s it for this month. What have you been reading and doing lately?

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Reading: We’re All Completely Beside Ourselves (again), Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (again), Small Great Things, French Kids Don’t Throw Food, How Eskimos Keep Their Baby Warm (lots of reading!) and currently Alexandra Schulman’s diary of her final year at Vogue. Not very good…but easy to dip in and out and nod off to…!

Oo August sounds like a (mostly!) good month for you guys – hurrah! We’ve been mainly moving bedrooms and it is AMAZING. So so loving having our space back again, and now hopefully I can get back into reading before bedtime – something I used to love to do. Another huge vote for Trello too – I am so on board with getting our home more organised and I love love Trello! x

I’ve been reading loads this month. I seem to have rekindled my love of books, so I’ve read The Power (fab!), I Am Pilgrim (a fantastic gripping thriller), The Handmaid’s Tale (loved the story but didn’t care for the writing style) and now I’ve picked up the second book in the Outlander series where I left off this time last year (page 384!). My husband brought me The Underground Railway back from a trip south recently, so that’s next on my list.

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Whatever the health scare was, I hope all is well now. Other than that, it sounds like you’ve had a good month. Unfortunately the weather has been a bit rubbish here, so August hasn’t been the best month of the summer for us, but it’s been OK.

I’ve heard such great things about The Underground Railroad, and the others sound like great picks too! I’ve been terrible with reading lately, but hoping that the colder weather will motivate me to pick up more books.